No. 221: Learning from Disaster: A Decade After the Mount Polley Tailings Dam Failure (Spring 2024)

Guest edited by Neil Nunn and Max Chewinski

On August 4th, 2014, on unceded Secwépemc territory, in the Cariboo Region of British Columbia, the Mount Polley copper-gold mining operation produced the worst environmental disaster in Canadian history, and the second largest tailings dam failures in the world. The Mount Polley Mine disaster has had cascading effects on the political, social and cultural life of British Columbians. This special issue considers the expansive context of this disaster to open a wide-reaching conversation to consider and reimagine what British Columbia might be. The issue prioritizes the participation of Indigenous voices in several reflection pieces and written interviews, along with peer-review articles.

This special issue has been published open access with funding provided by Northern Confluence Initiative, MiningWatch Canada, Concerned Citizens of Quesnel Lake, University of Northern British Columbia, and Memorial University.

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